Ex-firefighter pleaded guilty in July

8:48 PM,
Feb. 3, 2012

John Wesley Ackley of Jackson was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexual assaults on children.

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A former paid Jackson firefighter was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for a series of sexual assaults on four children, including a 4-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl he instructed to participate in sexual behavior in his presence.

Superior Court Judge Francis R. Hodgson imposed the prison term on John Wesley Ackley, 44, of Andover Road, Jackson. The judge ordered that Ackley serve 85 percent of the term - or 25 years, six months and two days - before he can be considered for release on parole, under the state's No Early Release Act.